#448AA5#448AA5

#448AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.081 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AA5
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -13.88, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 25.13, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0566 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.081 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2613, 22.1208, 38.8974)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AA5 #A55F44

analogous

#44A58F #448AA5 #4459A5

triadic

#448AA5 #A5448A #8AA544

tetradic

#448AA5 #8F44A5 #A55F44 #59A544

square

#448AA5 #8F44A5 #A55F44 #59A544

split-complementary

#448AA5 #A54459 #A58F44

monochromatic

#20424E #32667A #448AA5 #66A7C0 #92C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#448AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#448AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AA5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AA5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.081 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acbf',
    500: '#448aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448aa5;
$custom-light: #81acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59911,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AA5

secondary

#BD9687

accent

#7956D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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